Device for engaging transfer quills and needles of circular-knitting machines.



No. 765,385. PATENTED JULY 19, 1904.

H. A. HOUSEMAN.

DEVICE FOR ENGAGING TRANSFER QUILLS AND NEEDLES 0F CIRCULAR KNITTING MACHINES.

APPLIOA'LIQN FILED JUNE 29, 1-903.

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Armm/Enf UNITED STATES Patented July 19, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY A. HOUSEMAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO STANDARD MACHINE COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

DEVICE FOR ENGAGING TRANSFER QUILLS AND NEEDLES OF CI RCULAR-KNITTING MACHINES SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 765,385, dated July 19, 1904:. Application filed June 29, 1903. Serial No. 163,517- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it Wttty concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY A. HoUsEMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices for Engaging Transfer Quills and Needles of Circular-Knitting Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

In the transfer device now in use the adjustment of the transfer-quills upon the needles depends upon the skill of the operator.

I 5 My invention has for its object the production of a device which will enable the operator readily and without special skill to adjust the quills upon the needles.

My device can be best understood by refer- 2o ence tothe embodiment of the same in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan View, partly in section, of the transfer device. section on line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an ele- 2 5 vation of a portion, showing one of the inclined slots. Fig. 4 is an elevation of a portion, showing adjusting slots. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the adjustable pieces. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the 3 corresponding adjustable piece.

A is the cylinder of the transfer-quill holder, having the grooves a; corresponding in number to the transfer-quills B.

C is a ring for securing the quills B in the grooves a. A portion of the ring C is cut away, and in this cut-away portion rests a piece cof size less than the extent of the cutaway portion. This piece 0 is adjustable along the transfer-ring C by means of the elongated 4 slots 0 c. The heads cl of screws D, which enter the ring C, overlap the upper surface of the piece 0 at these slots, so that by releasing the screws the positions of this piece may be adjusted. The outer face of this piece 0 has the notch or detent 0 The device for engaging the transfer-quills Fig. 2 is a vertical with the needles consists of the following: E is a ringhavingatfourequidistantpointsthefeetF. These feet consist of the inwardly and downwardly inclined portion f, the vertical portion f having the serrations f on the bottom thereof. Through the walls of this ring E are the inclined slots G, G, and G I H is aring resting with a slidable fit within the ring E at two points upon the ring H corresponding to the 5 5 slots G and G The screws g are secured to the ring H, the heads g g* of said screws, being larger than the width of the slots.

Through the slot G a pin g, acting as a handle, secured to the ring H, passes. A portion of the ring at H is partially cut away, and in such cut-away portion a piece it, having the projecting portion A, corresponding to the notch or detent 0 is secured to the ring E. This piece h is adjustable upon the ring E by 5 means of the slots 7& in the ring E and piece it, through which the holding-screws 7L3 pass. As may readily be seen, by moving the pins 9 the ring H is moved up or down.

In practice the transfer-quill-engaging de vice and transfer-quill holder are first initially adjusted with reference to each other and the machine as follows: The transfer-engaging device is placed upon the cylinder of a circularknitting machinesay of the type shown and described in my Patent No. 484,738s0 that the feet F rest between the needle-cylinder and sinker-head, the sinkers entering the serrations f The transfer-quill holder is then entered into the ring E, so that the ring C rests upon the ring H. The ring C is turned so that the projection h of piece it enters the detent 0 in the piece 0. If when in such position the quill'sB do not aline with the needles, either the piece It or piece 0, or both, 5 are adjusted until they do. When the parts are so adjusted for any given transfer-holder and needle-engaging device, no further adjustment is necessary. The ringH initially is in the position shown in Fig. 2 and when the handle 9 is then moved downward in the slot G, which carries the ring C and quills downward, brings them into engagement With the needles.

Having now fully described my invention, What I claim, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

1. A device, for causing engagement of transfer quills and the needles of a knittingmachine, comprising an outer ring, an inner ring adapted to support a transfer quill holder, there being a downwardly-inclined slot in the outer ring, and a projection connected to the inner ring passing through said slot.

2. A device for causing engagement of the transfer quills and needles of a knitting-machine provided With an outer ring, an inner ring adapted to support a transfer quill holder, there being a downwardly-inclined slot in the outer ring and a handle connected to said inner ring and projecting through said slot.

3. A device, for causing engagement of transfer quills and the needles of a knittingmachine, comprising an outer ring, an inner ring adapted to support a transfer quill holder, there being inclined guiding-slots in said outer ring and guiding-pins secured to said inner ring and projecting through said guiding-slots.

4. A device for causing engagement of the transfer quills and needles of a knitting-machine provided with an outer ring, an inner ring adapted to support a transfer quill holder,there being a downwardly-inclined slot in the outer ring and a handle connected to said inner ring and projecting through said slot, there being inclined guiding-slots in said outer ring and guiding-pins secured to said inner ring and projecting through said guiding-slots.

5. A device for causing engagement of the transfer quills and needles of a knitting-machine provided with an outer ring, an inner ring adapted to support a transfer quill holder,there being a downWardly-inclined slot in the outer ring and a handle connected to said inner ring and projecting through said slot, there being inclined guiding-slots in said outer ring and guiding-pins secured to said inner ring and projecting through said guiding-slots, said pins having heads of width greater than the width of the slots.

6. A device, for causing engagement of transfer quills and the needles of a knittingmachine, comprising a ring having downwardly-projecting portion or portions, provided with serrations, an inner ring adapted to support a transfer-quill holder, there being a downwardly-inclined slot in the outer ring and a projection connected to said inner ring and passing through said slot.

7. A device for causing engagement of the transfer quills and needles provided with a ring having downwardly-projecting feet, provided with serrations, an inner ring adapted to support a transfer-quill holder, there being a downwardly-inclined slot in the outer ring and a handle connected to said inner' ring and projecting through said slot.

8. A device for causing engagement of the transfer quills and needles, provided with a ring having feet projecting downwardly therefrom, said feet having an inwardly-inclined portion terminating in a vertical serrated portion, an inner ring adapted to support a transfer-quill holder, there being a downwardlyinclined slot in the outer ring and a handle connected to said inner ring and projecting through said slot.

9. A device for causing engagement of the transfer quills and needles provided with a ring having downwardly-projecting feet, provided with serrations, an inner ring adapted to support a transfer-quill holder, there being a downwardly-inclined slot in the outer ring and a handle connected to said inner ring and projecting through said slot, there being inclined guiding-slots in said outer ring and guiding-pins secured to said inner ring and projecting through said guiding-slots.

10. A device for causing engagement of the transfer quills and needles, provided with a ring having feet projecting downwardly therefrom, said feet having an inwardly-inclined portion terminating in a vertical serrated portion, an inner ring adapted to support a transfer-quill holder, there being a downwardly-inclined slot in the outer ring and a handle connected to said inner ring and projecting through said slot, there being inclined guiding-slots in said outer ring and guiding-pins secured to said inner ring and projecting through said guiding-slots.

11. A device for causing engagement of transfer quills and needles, having a fixed ring and piece projecting therefrom, said projecting piece being laterally. adjustable.

12. A transfer-quill holder having a piece projecting therefrom, said projecting piece being laterally adjustable.

13. In combination, a device for causing engagement of transfer quills and needles having a fixed ring and piece projecting therefrom, and a transfer-quill holder, transferquills therein, a piece projecting from said transfer-quill holder, one of said projecting pieces having a detent, the other a tongue adapted to enter said detent, the projecting piece upon the engaging device being laterally adjustable.

14:. In combination, a device for causing engagement of transfer quills and needles comprising in combination a fixed ring and piece projecting therefrom, having a transfer-quill holder,transfer-quills therein, a piece projecting from said transfer-quill holder, one of said projecting pieces having a detent, the other a tongue adapted to enter said detent,

the projecting piece upon'the quill-holder device being laterally adjustable. v

15. In combination, a device for causing engagement of transfer quills and needles com- 5 prising a fixed ring,'a vertically-movable ring therein, said fixed ring having serrated feet and a projecting piece, a transfer-quill holder having a ring adapted to rest on the verticallyrnovable ring and a projecting piece adapted 10 to interlock With the projecting portion of the engaging device, one or both of said projecting pieces being adjustable around its corresponding ring.

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand, at Philadelphia, on this 23d I5 day of June, 1908.

HARRY A. HOUSEMAN.

Witnesses:

M. F. ELLIS, M. M. HAMILTON. 

